单词 | to lose caste |
释义 | > as lemmasto lose caste to lose caste: to be ostracized from or censured by one's caste, typically for behaviour considered unacceptable to that group; to lose the social position and status conferred by membership of a caste; (hence, in extended use) to fall in the estimation of a community, society, or group; to decline in reputation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > be ranked socially [verb (intransitive)] > lose class to lose caste1794 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > be humiliated [verb (intransitive)] to light lowc1225 to lie lowa1275 to carry (also bear) coalsa1529 to eat the (or one's) leek1600 to lose caste1828 to eat dirt1857 1794 W. Carey Let. 3 Jan. in Baptist Reg. for 1794–7 (?1797) 163 One of the Rev. Mr. Brown's people at Calcutta..told him that if he would be baptized, and lose Cast, he would give him some support. 1814 M. M. Sherwood Hist. Little Henry & his Bearer 126 He has lost cast for becoming a Christian. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 179 A natural fear of losing caste among her neighbours. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement iii. 106 It is one of the smallest and dreariest of squares, and is rapidly losing caste. 1974 Jrnl. Southeast Asian Stud. 5 142 The Mutiny of the Bengal Sepoys, in 1824, over fear of losing caste by crossing the Bay of Bengal. 2002 Independent 29 Oct. 14/1 Candida has ‘lost caste’ by buying a small flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove, dark, dirty and menacing. < as lemmas |
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